'''Tarlang's Neck''' the long, mountainous spur of the southern [[White Mountains]], between the sources of the [[Morthond|Blackroot]] and [[Ciril]] rivers. It thrust out between the [[Blackroot Vale]] to the west and the land of [[Lamedon]] to the east, joining the main range to three peaks.

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'''Tarlang's Neck''' was the pass between the main range of the [[White Mountains]] and a long, mountainous spur between the sources of the [[Morthond|Blackroot]] and [[Ciril]] rivers. The pass had a road in it that connected the [[Blackroot Vale]] to the west and the land of [[Lamedon]] to the east.<ref>{{RK|Map}}</ref>

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This ridge was climbed by a pass which joined [[Erech]] and [[Lamedon]].

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==History==

==History==

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Tarlang was the original name of this ridge, but it was later taken as a personal name.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, pp. 776-7</ref>

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Tarlang was the original name of this pass, but it was later taken as a personal name.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, pp. 776-7</ref>

A local legend among the [[Pre-Númenóreans|indigenous people]] of [[Gondor]] told of [[giants]] and one of them called Stiff-neck who tripped and broke his neck. The other giants did not clean up his body, which became incorporated in the land instead. The giant's neck became Tarlang's Neck, his head [[Dol Tarlang]], and the stones he was carrying [[Cûl Veleg]] and [[Cûl Bîn]].<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings]]'', omitted entry quoted in [[Wayne G. Hammond]], [[Christina Scull]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', page 536-7</ref>

A local legend among the [[Pre-Númenóreans|indigenous people]] of [[Gondor]] told of [[giants]] and one of them called Stiff-neck who tripped and broke his neck. The other giants did not clean up his body, which became incorporated in the land instead. The giant's neck became Tarlang's Neck, his head [[Dol Tarlang]], and the stones he was carrying [[Cûl Veleg]] and [[Cûl Bîn]].<ref>[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''[[Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings|Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings]]'', omitted entry quoted in [[Wayne G. Hammond]], [[Christina Scull]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion]]'', page 536-7</ref>

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Tarlang's Neck formed part of the route by which [[Aragorn]] led the [[Army of the Dead]] on their journey to the relief of [[Minas Tirith]] in the [[War of the Ring]].

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Tarlang's Neck formed part of the route by which [[Aragorn]] led the [[Army of the Dead]] on their journey to the relief of [[Minas Tirith]] in the [[War of the Ring]].<ref>{{RK|V2}}</ref>

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Tarlang's Neck was the pass between the main range of the White Mountains and a long, mountainous spur between the sources of the Blackroot and Ciril rivers. The pass had a road in it that connected the Blackroot Vale to the west and the land of Lamedon to the east.[1]

History

Tarlang was the original name of this pass, but it was later taken as a personal name.[2]

A local legend among the indigenous people of Gondor told of giants and one of them called Stiff-neck who tripped and broke his neck. The other giants did not clean up his body, which became incorporated in the land instead. The giant's neck became Tarlang's Neck, his head Dol Tarlang, and the stones he was carrying Cûl Veleg and Cûl Bîn.[3]